Handle attachment for sheet metal burial cases



Nov. 7, 1933. J. D. CANEDY HANDLE ATTACHMENT FOR SHEET METAL BURIALCASES Filed May 29, 1931 WZ'NESS ATTDRNEYE Patented Nov. 7, 1933 PATENTOFFICE HANDLE ATTACHMENT FOR SHEET METAL BURIAL CASES John D. Canedy,(ineida, N. Y., assignor to Maxwell Steel Vault 00., Oneida, N. Y., acorpora-' tion of New York ApplicationMay 29, 1931. Serial No. 540,922

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a sheet metal burial case for receiving andenclosing the more elaborate and costly casket preparatory to intermentand refers more particularly to the handle attachments and to the methodof applying the same to the upright side walls of the case.

These burial cases are preferably made of relatively rigid sheet steelwith an opening in one end for receiving the casket and adapted to beclosed by a drop lid which, together with the remaining portions of thecase, is hermetically sealed against the entrance of air and moisture.

The main object is to provide the portions of the upright walls of thecase, where the handles are to be placed, with inwardly depressed orsunken panels of sufficient depth to permit the handles and theirattachments to lie in a plane wholly within the outer surfaces of thecontiguous portions of the case when the handles 20 are folded so thatthe cases may be placed side by side in close relation for economy instorage and may also be moved endwise in close relation to other objectswithout liability of impairmen of the handles or objects.

Another object is to secure the handle-supporting members directly tothe sunken panels without perforating any portion of the case.

A further object is to pivot the handle to its supporting member in suchmanner as to permit it to swing from a normal vertical position whollywithin the depression to a substantially horizontal position beyond theouter face of the contiguous portions of the case.

Another object is to form the handle support M with an integral stop forlimiting the upward swinging movement of the handle to its horizontalposition.

Other objects and uses will be brought out in the following description.

In the drawing:-

Figure l is a perspective view of a burial case equipped with myimprovements.

Figures 2, 3 and 4 are enlarged sectional views taken respectively inthe planes of lines 22, 3-3 and l4, Figure 1.

Figures 5 and 6 are enlarged perspective views of the detachedhandle-supporting plate and handle respectively.

Figure '7 is a perspective view of the detached pintle for connectingthe handle to its supporting plate.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood I have shown aburial case A having an opening in one end normally closed by a drop lida which is hinged at a, to the adjacent end of the top wall D of thecase to swing from its normally closed vertical position to a positionof rest over'and upon said top wall to permit a casket to beinserted-into and withdrawn from the case, the remaining portions of 0the case and closed lid being hermetically sealed against the entranceof moisture, it being understood that suitable means will be providedfor locking the lid in its closed position.

The opposite upright sides 0 of the case are each provided with aplurality of, in this instance two, inwardly depressed or sunkenimperforate panels 1 which are somewhat frustoconical in cross sectionand are arranged in longitudinally spaced relation approximately'mmidway between the bottom and top of the case, as shown in Figure 1.

The inner wall of each panel 1 is substantially fiat and parallel withthe outer face of the contiguous portion of the case and is ofsufiicient area to receive and support a handlesupporting plate 2 whichis welded electrically or otherwise to the panel to avoid perforatingthe latter.

Each sheet metal plate 2 is generally oval in' 30 face view and itslonger axis is substantially equal to the diameter of the panel 1 towhich it is secured with its longer axis substantially co-incident withthe horizontal axis of said. panel to allow ample space for thereception and s5 operation of ahandle 3 and also to enable the bearingsfor the handle to be properly spaced for strength and durability.

The marginal edges of each plate 2 are offset inwardly and are disposedin substantially the' same flat plane for close engagement with theouter face of its corresponding panel 1, the lower and upper edges ofthe intermediate portions of said marginal edges being provided withflat vertical flanges 4 and 5 which are% Welded electrically orotherwise to the panel 1.

The major portion of the plate 2 is therefore raised and disposed in aplane parallel with and in spaced relation to the panel 1 and isprovidedwith longitudinally spaced openings 6 extending upwardly fromthe lower edge of the plate approximately one-half the vertical heightof said plate for receiving the opposite arms 3 of the handles 3, asshown more clearly in Figures 3 and 5.

, The upright side walls of the openings 6 are bent inwardly from thefront portion of the plate against the panel 1 to form flanges 7 havingapertures 8 for receiving a pintle 9 by which the handle 3 is pivotallyconnected to said plate,- 110 the portions of the plate at the upperends of the openings 6 being pressed outwardly in somewhat semi-conicalshape to form stops 10 for limiting the upward swinging movement of thehandle, as shown by dotted lines in Figure 4.

The handle 3 is also made of sheet steel or equivalent metal bentU-shape to form the arms 3 which are of equal length and are preferablyU-shaped in cross section while the remaining portion forming the handleproper is bent into circular form with its edges in close contact forconvenience of gripping in the hand of the user and also to increase thestrength and durability of the handle. v

The arms 3' of the handle are provided near their ends with apertures 11for receiving the pintle 9 which, when inserted into the registeringapertures 8 and 11 in the flanges '7 and arms 3, has its intermediateportion deflected at 9' to one side of its ends to prevent endwisedisplacement thereof.

The distance between the apertures 8 and stop shoulder 9 issubstantially equal to the distance between the apertures 11 a and outerface of the arms 3 of the handle 3 so that when the handle is rockedoutwardly and upwardly from its normal down position to a substantiallyhorizontal position its arms 3 will engage the stops 10 and therebyprevent further upward rocking movement of the handle whereupon the casemay be safely and conveniently carried by the handles.

Itis, of course, understood that as soon as the lift upon the handles isreleased they will automatically drop by their own weight to their downpositions wholly within the outer faces of the portions of the casesurrounding the sunken panels 2, thus permitting the burial case tobestored or transported in close relation to other objects withoutliability of injuring the handles or contiguous objects.

What I claim is:'

I 'A handle attachment of the character described comprising a platehaving flat vertical flanges along its lower and upper edges and araised central portion between and extending beyond opposite ends ofsaid flanges and provided with vertical slots at opposite ends of thelower flange, and a U-shaped handle having its opposite arms pivoted tothe Walls of said slots.

JOHN D. CANEDY.

